Highly efficient aerobic phosphorus-removing bacteria capable of synthesizing nanoparticles by microbial self-assembly using waste water

ABSTRACT

The present application discloses a class of aerobic efficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enable to biologically self-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles while wastewater treatment, including  Shewanella  sp. CF8-6,  Psychrobacter aquimaris  X3-1403, and  Erythrobacter citreus  X3-1411. The strains in the present application have a high adaptability, which may grow, remove nutrients including phosphorus and synthesize nanoparticles within a broad range of pH values, salinity, temperatures, and nutrition concentrations of wastewater. Particularly, the outstanding performance of phosphorous removal at high-salinity has a high significance in wastewater treatment from seawater utilization such as seawater toilet-flushing to solve the fresh water resource deficiency. Self-flocculation and self-assembly are the important properties of the strains to form biofilms and synthesize calcium phosphate nanoparticles at low-concentrations, while decomposing contaminants in the wastewater. The application provides an environmental-friendly nanoparticle synthesis method with low-cost and without chemical additives, which realizes the efficient treatment of wastewater and high value phosphorous resources recovery.

FIELD

The present application relates to the technical field of wastewaterphosphorous treatment and nanomaterial preparation, and moreparticularly relates to a class of aerobic efficient-phosphorus-removalbacteria that enable to biologically self-assemble and synthesizenanoparticles while wastewater treatment.

BACKGROUND

As an important element of life, phosphorous is an essential nutrientfor organism growth. However, excessive discharge of phosphorous intoenvironment could cause a series of problems, such as eutrophication andred tide, which further result in great damages to the tourism,industry, agriculture, and aquaculture. Therefore, it is urgent problemto effectively recovery phosphorous from wastewater.

Currently, sewage-treatment technologies for removing phosphorous mainlyinclude adsorption, chemical precipitation, and biological methods. Theadsorption process was mainly achieved by utilizing the affinity of somesolid substances with porous and large specific surface area tophosphate radical in water. However, problems such as anti-interference,dissolution loss, and regeneration of adsorbents still exist inphosphorous removal by adsorption. Due to a relatively low adsorptioncapacity of conventional adsorbents, adsorption is always used as anauxiliary means to combination with other phosphorus removal methods.The chemical precipitation method produced precipitation throughcombination of metal cations and phosphate, which brings large amountsof chemical sludges, causing secondary pollution. Meanwhile, theexpenses reagents lead to high treatment cost. And concentration of theresidual metal ion is relatively high. Besides, the chemicalprecipitation method is not appropriate for low-phosphorous wastewater.

Compared with adsorption and chemical precipitation methods, thebiological phosphorous removal method has advantages of high efficiency,low cost, and environment-friendliness. An enhanced biologicalphosphorous removal (EBPR) system based on the functions ofpolyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) is currently the most widelyapplied method in the biological phosphorous removal process. PAOsrelease phosphorous in an anaerobic condition and excessively ingestphosphorous in an aerobic condition. Finally, phosphorous removal isachieved through sludge discharge. However, phosphorous is stored incells, and stable recycle of the phosphorous still needs furtheranaerobic digestion and chemical precipitation. Moreover, when treatinghigh-salinity wastewater such as seawater toilet-flushing wastewater, ahigh-salinity environment would inhibit the activity of microorganisms,even with a 1% salinity. Compared with nitrifying bacteria anddenitrifying bacteria, the phosphorous removal bacteria are moresensitive to salinity. It was reported that when the salinity increasedfrom 0% to 0.4%, there was no impact on nitrogen removal, while thephosphorous removal rate dropped from 85% to 25%. Therefore, theconventional biological phosphorous removal process is greatly limitedin high-salinity wastewater treatment. Meanwhile, biological sludgeshave drawbacks such as a long acclimatization period and difficultstart-up. Thus, it has a theoretical and practical significance toscreen phosphorous removal strains with a salt-tolerant property andexplore their applications in further removal of phosphorous.

Nanomaterials describe materials of which at least one dimension inthree-dimensional is within a nanometer range or which are comprised ofnanometer elements. Due to their unique properties such as a surfaceeffect, a small size effect, and a quantum effect, etc., nanomaterialsare widely applied in industries such as energy, catalysis, biosensors,bio-medicine. Conventional physiochemical processes of synthesizingnanomaterials mainly include two-phase method, reverse micro-emulsionmethod, photochemical synthesis, electrode electrolysis, heating method,and ultrasonic method, etc., which have insurmountable shortcomings, forexample, expensive raw materials, high energy consumption, harshreaction conditions, or being difficult to large-scale production.Further, potentially toxic precursors and chemical reagents for a highlysaturated solution was needed. All above drawbacks greatly limitapplications of chemical synthesis. In contrast, the biologicallysynthesized methods of nanomaterials have advantages such as cleanness,mild reaction conditions, low cost, easy operation, etc, while thebiosynthesized nanomaterials have good dispersiveness, stability,biocompatibility and adjustability, etc. Thus, a lot of attention isattracted by the biosynthesis of nanomaterials. The currently foundmicroorganism species to synthesize nanomaterials are very limited,mainly including prokaryotes and eucaryon (e.g., bacteria,saccharomycete, some virus ions, fungi, and plants), which haveextracellular or intracellular synthesis or nanometer self-assemblycapabilities. A few reports are regarding synthesizing nanomaterialsusing plant extracts, natural polysaccharides, and marinepolysaccharides. However, the nanomaterials synthesized by biologicalprocess are mainly focused on precious metal and metal sulfides,nanomaterials, e.g., Au, Ag, Pt, cadmium sulfide (CdS), cadmium selenide(CdSe), etc.

On the other hand, phosphorous is an important but limited resource.Excessive discharge of phosphorous will cause waste of phosphorousresources. Meanwhile, the available phosphorous resources in the landwill be exhausted within future decades. Therefore, more and moreattention has been paid to phosphorous recycling, especially phosphorousrecovery from wastewater. Nano-hydroxyapatite (HPA), which can beapplied in environment and biomedicine fields, is an effective means forrecycling phosphorous. Chemical synthesis of phosphorous-containingnanomaterials was carried out in a supersaturated phosphate ion liquidwith precursors. Phosphate precipitation at ambient temperature, neutralpH and in concentration below 4000 μM has not been reported. Reportsabout bacterial strains which can biological synthesize of calciumphosphate nanoparticles are also rare. A strain of Serratia sp. couldsynthesize nano-hydroxyapatite of different particle sizes andproperties under different culturing conditions. This Serratia sp.strain produced calcium phosphate nanoparticles only in ahighly-saturated solution (P:5 nM) and biological buffer, which is not astrictly biological synthesis, but a bio-degeneration process. Sodiumglycerophosphate in matrices was decomposes by Serratia sp. throughproducing an atypical acid phosphatase, which released a large amount ofinorganic phosphate ions to form hydroxyapatite nanoparticles withcalcium ions at cell surfaces or extracellular polymers. And the formednano-hydroxyapatite was applied to the removal of radionuclide inaqueous solution. However, the condition for Serratia sp. to formnanoparticles is still harsh. Effectively obtaining calcium phosphatenanoparticles from wastewater by a simple process is still a technicaldifficulty in the field.

By assembling nanomaterials into macro scale materials with ahierarchical structure, better overall collaborated property will beproduced, which is an effective approach to enhance actual applicationcapabilities of nanomaterials. In recent years, a plurality of assemblystrategies has been developed, such as electrochemical precipitation,surface functionalization, and micro-imprinting technology, which havedrawbacks such as highly demanding on equipment, harsh reactionconditions, prone to secondary pollution, and high cost. Therefore,developing an efficient, low-cost, and environment-friendly technologyfor assembling nanometer units to prepare a material with a certainstructure and function is particularly significant for solving thepractical applications problems of nanomaterials.

Thus, it is very important to develop a biosynthesis method that can notonly degenerate pollutants in wastewater, but also synthesize andself-assemble nano-hydroxyapatite in low-concentration conditions.

SUMMARY

To overcome the drawbacks of existing technology, an object of thepresent application is to provide a class of aerobicefficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enable to biologicallyself-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles while wastewater treatment.

Another object of the present application is to provide the applicationof the above strains in the preparation of self-assembled biomaterials.

To achieve the objects above, the present application adopts a technicalproposal below:

According to a first aspect of the present application, a class ofaerobic efficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enable tobiologically self-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles while wastewatertreatment is provided.

The aerobic efficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enable tobiologically self-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles while wastewatertreatment according to the present application include Shewanella sp.CF8-6, Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 and Erythrobacter citreusX3-1411.

The Shewanella sp. CF8-6 was collected in China Center for Type CultureCollection on Mar. 29, 2016 at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City, with acollection number of CCTCC M 2016154;

This strain belongs to Gram-stain-negative and may grow at thetemperature ranging from 5° C. to 35° C., the pH ranging from 5.8 to9.8, and the salinity ranging from 0˜12% in a strictly aerobic conditionwith a good phosphorous removal efficiency. The morphology of thebacteria cell is and observed to be bacillus with capsules and flagellaunder an electronic microscope. After cultured 24-hours in solidculture, the colony is characterized by round and milk white.

The Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 was collected in China Center forType Culture Collection on Mar. 29, 2016 at Luojiashan, Wuchang, WuhanCity, with a collection number of CCTCC M 2016155.

The Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 in the present application belongsto Gram-stain-negative and may grow at the temperature ranging from 15°C. to 30° C. with the pH ranging from 7 to 8 and the salinity rangingfrom 0 to 12% (optimally %-5%).1 The morphology of the bacteria cell isobserved to be coccus or bacillus brevis with capsules but withoutflagellum under an electronic microscope, which may be found singly, inpairs, or in aggregations. After 24 h culturing of the strain in the LBsolid culture medium, the colony is characterized by round, smooth, andcream color.

The Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 was collected in China Center for TypeCulture Collection on Mar. 29, 2016 at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City,with a collection number of CCTCC M 2016156.

The strain belongs to Gram-stain-negative and may grow at thetemperature ranging from 15° C. to 30° C. in a culturing condition wherethe pH value ranges from 7 to 8 and the salinity ranges from 0 to 12%(optimally 1%-5%). The morphology of the bacteria cell is observed to bebacillus with capsules but without flagella under an electronicmicroscope, which may be found singly, in pairs, or in short chains.After 24 h culturing of the strain in the LB solid culture medium, thecolony is characterized by round, smooth, and yellow.

According to a second aspect of the present application, a microbialagent with an active ingredient selected at least one from the abovementioned bacteria (Shewanella sp. CF8-6, Psychrobacter aquimarisX3-1403, and Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411) is provided.

Further, the microbial agent may include a carrier which may be solid orliquid, which are both conventional carrier materials. The solid carriermay be selected from clay, talcum, kaolin, montmorillonite, whitecarbon, zeolite, siliceous rock, maizeflour cornmeal, soybean flour,polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyglycol, while the liquid carrier may bevegetable oil, mineral oil or water.

The active ingredient of the microbial agent may be the cultured livingcell, a fermentation broth of the living cell, a filtrate of cellculture solution, or a mixture of cell and filtrate.

A dosage form of the microbial agent may be liquor, suspensionconcentrate, powder, granules, wettable powder, or water dispersiblegranules.

According to a third aspect of the present application, a biofilm orbiofilm reactor including at least one strain of the above bacteria(Shewanella sp. CF8-6, the Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403, and theErythrobacter citreus X3-1411) is provided.

The biofilm using an artificial filler or natural material as thecarrier is formed by attached and flocculated Erythrobacter citreusX3-1411 on the surface of the carrier.

According to a fourth aspect of the present application, theapplications of the strains, microbial agent, biofilm or biofilm reactorin phosphorous removal from wastewater are provided.

The strains or microbial agent may be used to remove phosphorous fromsaline wastewater or non-saline wastewater. Particularly, the strains ormicrobial agent is very effective in high-salinity wastewater treatment,e.g., seawater toilet-flushing wastewater. In the present application,the salinity of the high-salinity wastewater may reach 15% with apreferred salinity ranging from 0% to 10%.

According to a fifth aspect of the present application, a process ofremoving phosphorous from saline wastewater is provided, comprisingstages of:

An above-mentioned strain is inoculated in an LB culture medium foractivating. Then, the activated bacteria solution is added into ato-be-treated wastewater at a 8˜12% volume fraction.

or the microbial agent of the strain is added into the to-be-treatedwastewater with the amount of 5˜20 mg/L.

The utilization of the strains and/or microbial agent above in preparinga sewage treatment agent is also included in the protection scope of thepresent application.

According to a sixth aspect of the present application, applications ofaerobic efficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enable tobiologically self-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles while wastewatertreatment or the Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS with a collection number ofCCTCC M2013652 in preparing a nanomaterial are provided, particularlypreparing a self-assembled nanomaterial in a low-phosphorous condition.

The aerobic efficient-phosphorous-removal bacteria enable tobiologically self-assemble and synthesize a nanomaterial by usingphosphorous of different concentrations in wastewater (including ahigh-phosphorus condition and a low-phosphorous condition), particularlyin the low-phosphorous condition.

The low-phosphorous condition means in the low-saturated or unsaturatedphosphorous concentration.

The Pseudoalteromonas sp. with the collection number of CCTCC M2013652has been disclosed in another patent of the inventors,“Pseudoalteromonas sp. capable of efficiently removing cadmium andphosphorus in wastewater and its applications”. On this basis, theInventors have conducted a series of extensive researches and found thatthe strain may not only effectively removed cadmium and phosphorous inwater, but also grow in μM order or nM order unsaturatedcadmium-phosphorous wastewater with low-salinity and high-salinity toform nanoparticles.

According to a seventh aspect of the present application, a biologicalnanomaterial synthesized and self-assembled by an above-mentioned strainis provided, wherein the biological nanomaterial is synthesized andself-assembled in a phosphorous-contained wastewater by the aerobicefficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enable to biologicallyself-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles while waste-water treatmentor the Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS with a collection number of CCTCCM2013652.

The concentration of the phosphorous in the wastewater ranges from 0.3mM to 1.3 mM.

According to an eighth aspect of the present application, a preparingprocess of a self-assembled biological nanomaterial, comprising stagesof strain activating, and culturing and self-assembling of the activatedstrain in a phosphorous-contained wastewater, is provided.

In the preparing process, the stage of activating the strain includes:inoculating the strain into an LB culture medium, activating andculturing it for 18˜30 h at 180˜220 rpm, 15° C.˜30° C. Preferably, thecondition for the activation and culture is 200 rpm, 25° C., and 24 h.

The LB culture medium includes 1% peptone and 0.3% yeast, mixed withartificial seawater.

During the preparing process, the stage of culturing and self-assemblingcomprises includes: inoculating the activated strain in aphosphorous-contained wastewater, and culturing it for 42˜54 h at180˜220 rpm, 15° C.−30° C.; preferably, culturing it for 48 h at 200rpm, 25° C.

The inoculation of the activated strain is 8˜12% (v/v).

The stage of culturing and self-assembling further comprises:centrifuging a cultured solution to remove the supernatant, andobtaining bacteria containing nanomaterials, namely the biologicalnanomaterial.

The centrifuging is performed at a rotary speed of 5000 rpm for 10 min.

In the present application, the phosphorous-contained wastewater may beseawater toilet-flushing wastewater or domestic sewage or anunsaturated/low-saturated system containing cadmium and phosphorous. Inthe unsaturated/low-saturated system containing cadmium and phosphorous,concentrations of cadmium and phosphorous range from μM grade to nMgrade.

According to a ninth aspect of the present application, utilization ofthe biological nanomaterials, mainly including applications in theenvironment field and biomedicine field, is provided.

In the environment field, the biological nanomaterials may be applied influorine removing, phenol adsorbing, and removing of lead, cadmium,other heavy metals and radioactive wastes.

The heavy metal which may react with sulfur atoms and nitrogen atoms onthe amino acid side chain, have a high toxicity. As environmentpollution incidents occurred, heavy metal pollution and remediation hasgained wide attention. Existing remediation methods for heavy metalpollutions mainly include physical remediation, chemical remediation,and biological remediation. Chemical remediation requires addition ofchemical agents to the polluted environment such as soil and waterbodyto achieve the adsorption, redox reaction and precipitation of the heavymetal ions. Although this method is simple in operation and apparent ineffect, it easily causes secondary pollution and costs dearly.Utilization of phosphate-contained materials to remedy the heavy metalpollution in environment is an effective approach. The biologicalnanomaterial in the present application contains nano-hydroxyapatitegenerated from the bacteria cells, which may be used for remedying heavymetal environment pollution with advantages such as simple operation andlow cost. Besides, activated bacteria cells in the biologicalnanomaterial could further adsorb the heavy metals.

In the biomedicine field: the biological nanomaterials after removal oforganics (retaining the nano-hydroxyapatite after removal of theorganics) of the present application are used in preparing drugcarriers, anti-tumor drugs, hard tissue repair materials, artificialbones and artificial teeth.

The nanomaterials have important applications in biomedicine, humanhealth and other life science industries, such as used as a carrier totransport drugs, and for biomedical examination and diagnosis. Calciumphosphate such as hydroxyapatite, a major inorganic mineral component ofbones and teeth of animals and human body, has a good activity andbiocompatibility. Hydroxyapatite ceramics is a very prospective materialfor artificial bones and artificial teeth. The biologically synthesizedcalcium phosphate material not only has the properties of nanomaterials,but also has a better biocompatibility and adaptability, which ensuresbroad and prospective applications of the nano-hydroxyapatite in thebiomedicine field.

According to a tenth aspect of the present application, a preparingprocess for nano-hydroxyapatite is provided, where thenano-hydroxyapatite is obtained by purifying and isolating abovebiological nanomaterial. The specific method of purifying and isolatingis calcining the biological nanomaterial to remove the organics and thenobtaining the nano-hydroxyapatite.

The nano-hydroxyapatite material obtained from the above process has auniformly distributed particle size. And a desired particle size andmorphology size may be obtained by controlling conditions of thepreparing process. Besides, the nano-hydroxyapatite obtained byself-assembly of the strains in the present application has a goodfilm-formation property and is thus widely applied in preparing thinfilm materials.

The present application has the following beneficial effects:

(1) The strains in the present application have an excellentenvironmental adaptability, which may grow in salt-free andhigh-salinity condition within a broad range of pH values, temperatures,and nutrition. Moreover, phosphorous in wastewater was efficientlyremoved by the strains to reach a compulsory discharge standard with afinal concentration blow 0.5 mg/L. Particularly, the strains of thepresent application have a good phosphorous-removal and purificationeffect for high-salinity wastewater such as wastewater fromtoilet-flushing seawater, which has a great significance in solvingfresh water deficiency and establishing an effective sea-watertoilet-flushing wastewater utilization system;

(2) The phosphorous removal by the strains of the present application iseasy to operate and low in cost, which is only required activation andinoculation of strains into phosphorous-contained wastewater furtherculturing. Therefore,

(3) Phosphorous removal was achieved under a single aerobic condition bythe strains in the present application, which simplifies the phosphorousremoval process and improves operability of the phosphorous removalprocess, providing a new approach for biological removal of phosphorous;

(4) The strains in the present application implement phosphorous removalby precipitating metal phosphate (calcium phosphate precipitation in thesystem of the present application) in unsaturated/low-saturatedwastewater system;

(5) The strains have properties of self-flocculation and self-assembly.While decomposing pollutants in the wastewater, the strains synthesizecalcium phosphate nanoparticles with raw materials in wastewater in alow-concentration. Besides, self-assembly needn't addition of chemicalagents and is thus environment-friendly with a low cost. The presentapplication realizes recycling of phosphorous resources;

(6) The preparing process of the biological nanomaterials in the presentapplication requires a mild condition, which is easy to operate, cleanand pollution-free, low in costs, efficient, and capable of large-scaledissemination and application;

(7) The biological nanomaterials prepared according to the presentapplication have nanoparticles distributed at and surrounding bacteriacell surfaces. The biological nanomaterials have a prominently improvedeffect in removing fluorine, adsorbing phenol, removing lead and cadmiumor other heavy metals in water and cleaning radioactive wastes. Afterremoving the bacteria cells in the biological nanomaterials, porousnanomaterials may be formed as drug carriers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a phylogenetic tree of Strain CF8-6;

FIG. 2 shows a diagram of Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 Grain-stainresult;

FIG. 3 shows an AFM (Atomic Force Diagram) image of Psychrobacteraquimaris X3-1403 morphology of the bacteria cell;

FIG. 4 shows a diagram of Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 Grain-stainresult;

FIG. 5 shows an AFM image of Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 morphology ofthe bacteria cell;

FIG. 6a shows a growth curve of CF8-6 under different salinities;

FIG. 6b shows phosphorous removal rates of CF8-6 under differentsalinities;

FIG. 7 shows effects of Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 to remove TP,COD, NH₄ ⁺—N, and TN from simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater;

FIG. 8 shows effects of Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 to remove TP, COD,NH₄ ⁺—N, and TN in a simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater;

FIG. 9 shows an image (AFM image) of a nanomaterial synthesized from thestrain CF8-6 with simulated high-salinity wastewater Formulation (1);

FIG. 10 shows images of nanomaterials synthesized from the strain CF8-6with simulated high-salinity wastewater Formulation (2), wherein FIG.10a shows an AFM image; FIG. 10b and FIG. 10c show TEM (TransmissionElectron Microscopy) images of nanoparticles; FIG. 10d , FIG. 10e , andFIG. 10f show TEM images of self-assembled nanoparticles;

FIG. 11 shows an electron microscope image of self-flocculation of thestrain Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 in simulated seawatertoilet-flushing wastewater;

FIG. 12 shows an electron microscope image of self-assembly andnanoparticle synthesis of the strain Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 insimulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater;

FIG. 13 shows an electron microscope image of the strain Erythrobactercitreus X3-1411 self-flocculated in simulated seawater toilet-flushingwastewater;

FIG. 14 shows a TEM image of nanomaterial synthesized from the strainErythrobacter citreus X3-1411 in simulated seawater toilet-flushingwastewater;

FIG. 15 shows an AFM image (A), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope)images (B, C, D), and EDS (energy-dispersive spectrometry) analysis (E)of Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS to form nanoparticles in low-salinitywastewater;

FIG. 16 shows phosphorous removal of Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS inhigh-salinity wastewater; and

FIG. 17 shows an AFM image (A), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) image(B), and EDS (energy-dispersive spectrometry) analysis (C) of the strainto form nanoparticles in high-salinity wastewater.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

It should be noted that the detailed depictions below are all schematic,intended to provide for further explanations of the present application.Unless otherwise indicated, all technical and scientific terms usedherein have the same meanings as generally understood by those of normalskill in the art.

It needs to be noted that the terms used here are only for describingpreferred embodiments, not to limit the present application with theexemplary embodiments. Unless otherwise explicitly indicated, a singularform is also intended to include a plural form; besides, it should alsobe understood that when terms “include” and/or “comprise” are used inthe present specification, they indicate presence of the features,steps, operations, devices, components, and/or their combinations.

To make those skilled in the art understand the technical solutions ofthe present application more clearly, the technical solution of thepresent application will be described in more detail with reference tothe preferred embodiments.

Testing materials used in the embodiments of the present application areall conventional testing materials in the art, which may be purchasedfrom commercial channels.

Example 1: Isolation and Identification of Efficient Phosphorous RemovalBacteria that Enable to Biologically Self-Assemble Under aLow-Phosphorous Condition

1. Isolation of Strains

(1) 464 strains from the China South Sea was cultured in a seawater LBliquid culture medium for 24 h (200 rpm, 25° C.) and kept static for 15min to observe whether the bacteria cells are self-flocculated;

(2) The self-flocculation capable strains were centrifuged at 5000 rpmfor 10 min to discard the supernatant. The bacteria cells were washedtwice with deionized water, and then observed by TEM whether nano-orderparticles are produced on the bacteria cell surfaces;

(3) Strains that enable self-flocculation and have nano-grade particlesproduced on bacteria cell surfaces were screened and inoculated intosimulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater or simulated high-salinityhousehold wastewater with a 10% inoculation amount. samples were takenby time to measure the effects of strains in TP and COD removing fromwastewater. Strains with a higher phosphorous removal speed andphosphorous removal rate were selected as target strains.

In the isolation method, the seawater LB culture medium includes 1%peptone and 0.3% yeast, mixed with artificial seawater.

Components of the simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater areshown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Formula of the Simulated Seawater Toilet-Flushing Wastewater(Mixed with Artificial Seawater): Concentration Concentration Component(mg/L) Component (mg/L) glucosum 500 Yeast extract 150 anhydricum Sodiumacetate 550 NH₄Cl 800 Peptone 220 KH₂PO₄ 180

Components of Simulated High-Salinity Household Sewage:

C₆H₁₂O₆.H₂O 1.5 g/L, CH₃COONa 0.75 g/L, MgSO₄.7H₂O 1.18 g/L, NH₄Cl 0.9g/L, KH₂PO₄.2H₂O 0.066 g/L (P:10 mg/L), NaCl 30 g/L.

All culture mediums are subjected to high-temperature sterilization for20 min at 121° C. The inoculation is carried out on a clean worktable.The strains are preserved in a 1.5 mL centrifugal tube (containing 600uL bacteria solution and 300 uL 30% glycerol) in an ultra-lowtemperature freezer at −80° C. for a long term.

Through isolation and screening, 3 strains are obtained, which enableself-flocculation, and have nano-order particles produced on thebacteria cell surfaces with a high phosphorous removal speed andphosphorous removal rate, i.e., strain CF8-6, strain X3-1403, and strainX3-1411.

2. Strain Identification

The 3 strains obtained from isolation and screening are identified,specifically:

2.1 Identification of the Strain CF8-6

2.1.1 Physiological and Biochemical Characterizations:

Physiological and biochemical characterizations of the strain: thestrain CF8-6 belongs to Gram-stain-negative and may grow at thetemperature ranging from 5° C. to 35° C., pH ranging from 5.8 to 9.8,and salinity ranging from 0 to 12% in a strictly aerobic condition witha good phosphorous removal effect. The morphology of the bacteria cellis observed to be bacillus with capsules and flagellum by an electronicmicroscope. After 24-hours culture of the strain in solid culture, thecolony is characterized by round and milk white.

2.1.2 Molecular Biological Identification:

Molecular Biological Identification of the Strain CF8-6:

The DNA of the strain CF8-6 was extracted with a kit. The 16S rDNAsequence was expanded through PCR. And the 16S rDNA sequence of thestrain CF8-6 was obtained and shown in the sequence table SEQ ID NO:1.Nucleotide homology comparison between the 16S rDNA of the strain CF8-6and the 16S rNDA sequence recorded in the GenBank was carried out withthe LBAST program to obtain that the strain CF8-6 belongs to Shewanella.Therefore, this bacterium is named as Shewanella sp. CF8-6; thephylogenetic tree of the strain is shown in FIG. 1.

the Shewanella sp. CF8-6 was collected in China Center for Type CultureCollection at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City, with a collection numberof CCTCC M 2016154;

2.2 Identification of the Strain X3-1403

2.2.1 Physiological and Biochemical Characterizations:

Physiological and biochemical characterizations of the strain: thestrain X3-1403 belongs to Gram-stain-negative and may grow at thetemperature ranging from 15° C. to 30° C. with the pH ranging from 7 to8 and the salinity ranging from 0 to 12% (optimally 1%-5%). Themorphology of the bacteria cell is observed to be coccus or bacillusbrevis with capsules but without flagella under an electronicmicroscope, which may be found singly, in pairs, or in aggregation.After 24 h culturing of the strain in the LB solid culture medium, thecolony is characterized by round, smooth, and cream color, as shown inFIG. 3.

2.2.2 Molecular Biological Identification:

Analysis of 16S rDNA Sequence

The sequence of the 16s rDNA of the strain X3-1403 are shown in SEQ IDNo. 2. Similarity sequence comparison between the measured 16S rDNAnucleotide sequence and that recorded in the NCBI GenBank database wasperformed, indicating: strain X3-1403 and Psychrobacter are located at asame minimum branch, while the similarity of 16S rDNA between strainX3-1403 and Psychrobacter aquimaris is 99.64%. In conjunction with thecolony morphology and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, strain X3-1403 isidentified as Psychrobacter aquimaris.

The Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 is collected in China Center forType Culture Collection at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City, with acollection number of CCTCC M 2016155.

2.3 Identification of the Strain X3-1411

2.3.1 Physiological and Biochemical Characterizations:

The main biological properties of the strain X3-1411 are:Gram-stain-negative (the result is shown in FIG. 4), observed to bebacillus with capsules but without flagella under an electronicmicroscope, which may be found singly, in pairs, or in short chains (theresult is shown in FIG. 5). After 24 h culturing of the strain in the LBsolid culture medium, the colony characteristic is characterized byround, smooth, and yellow.

The strain may grow in a culturing condition of 15° C.˜30° C., pH 7˜8,and salinity 0˜12% (best 1%˜5%).

2.3.2 Molecular Biological Identification:

The sequence of the 16s rDNA of the strain X3-1411 is shown in SEQ IDNo. 3. By carrying out LBAS (web address:http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi) comparison between the sequenceand that in the GenBank database, the result shows that the similaritybetween the sequence and the strain Erythrobacter citreus is 99.26%.

Based on the biological characteristic analysis of the strain and the16s rDNA homology comparison result, the strain X3-1411 is identified asErythrobacter citreus, which was collected in China Center for TypeCulture Collection on Mar. 29, 2016 at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City,with a collection number of CCTCC M 2016156.

Example 2: Study on Phosphorous Removal Effects of the Strains of thePresent Application

1. Phosphorous Removal from Wastewater by the Strain Shewanella sp.CF8-6

Method of Applying the Strain Shewanella sp. CF8-6 in Water Treatment:

(1) Shewanella sp. CF8-6 was cultured in the seawater LB liquid culturemedium for 24 hours under a condition of 25° C., 200 rpm, to prepare anactivated bacteria solution.

(2) The activated bacteria solution obtained in stage (1) was inoculatedinto simulated wastewater of different salinities (ranging from 0% to20%) with a ratio of 10%. Samples ware cultured under a condition of 25°C. and 200 rpm. The concentrations of phosphorous in the supernatant andthe biomass with the wavelength 600 nm were measured at different timepoints, to obtain phosphorous removal efficiencies and growth curves ofthe strain under different salinity ranges. The water treatment effectsare shown in FIG. 6a and FIG. 6 b.

From FIG. 6a and FIG. 6b , the strain Shewanella sp. CF8-6 of thepresent application has a high phosphorous removing efficiency in salinewastewater, particularly in the wastewater with a salinity of 10% orbelow. And the phosphorous removal rate within 10 hours may reach 99%above. Even in the wastewater with a salinity of 12% or 15%, the strainShewanella sp. CF8-6 still has an excellent phosphorous removal rate.

Except the salinity, the simulated wastewater is coincident with thewastewater used in screening strains in components, where thephosphorous concentration (by P) is 10 mg/L.

2. Application of Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 inPhosphorous-Contained Saline Wastewater Treatment

After cultured in LB for 24 hours, the Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403was inoculated into the simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewaterwith a ratio of 10%. And samples were taken by time points to measurethe effects of the strain in TP, COD, NH₄ ⁺—N and TN removing. From FIG.7, Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 has a relatively high removal effectfor TP and COD, with removal rates of 70.5% and 75.5%, respectively. Andthe TP and COD removal speeds at 48 hours are 0.57 mg/(L.h) and 18.7mg/(L.h), respectively. However, this strain has a relatively poorremoval effect for NH₄ ⁺—N and TN, with removal rates of 17.8% and19.4%, respectively.

3. Phosphorous Removal Effect of Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411

(1) The Effect of the Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 in RemovingPhosphorous from Simulated Toilet-Flushing Wastewater

Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411, which was isolated and screened accordingto Example 1, was cultured in LB culture medium for 24 hours and theninoculated into the simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater with aratio of 10%. The wastewater was cultivated at 25° C. at 200 rpm, andsampled by time points to measure the effects of the strain in removingTP, COD, NH₄ ⁺—N and TN. The results are shown in FIG. 8.

It may be seen from FIG. 8 that the strain has a relatively high removaleffect for TP and COD, with the removal rates of 75.0% and 83.6%,respectively. And the TP and COD removal speeds at 48 hours are 0.59mg/(L.h) and 24.9 mg/(L.h), respectively. However, this strain has arelatively poor removal effect for NH₄ ⁺—N and TN, for their removalrates being only 17.2% and 25.9%, respectively.

Components of the simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater in thisexample are coincident with that in Example 1.

(2) The Effect of Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 in Removing Phosphorousfrom Simulated Domestic Wastewater

TABLE 2 Components of the Simulated Domestic Wastewater (Mixed withDeionized Water): Concentration Concentration Components (mg/L)Components (mg/L) glucosum 150 NaCl 500 anhydricum Sodium acetate 180CaCl₂ 15 Peptone 75 MgSO₄•7H₂O 12.5 Yeast extract 50 FeSO₄ 0.3 NH₄Cl 100ZnSO₄•7H₂O 0.1 KH₂PO₄ 20 MnSO₄•7H₂O 0.25 Na₂HPO₄•12H₂O 7.5 CoCl₂•6H₂O0.025

Example 3: Applications of the Strains of the Present Application inPreparing Self-Assembled Nanomaterial

1. Preparing a Nanomaterial by Shewanella sp. CF8-6

(1) Shewanella sp. CF8-6 was cultured in the seawater LB liquid culturemedium for 24 hours under a condition of 25° C., 200 rpm, to prepare anactivated bacteria solution. centrifugal parameters of the activatedbacterial solution: centrifuging for 10 min at;

(2) After 10000 rpm centrifuged for 10 min and washed, the bacteria wereinoculated at 10% (v/v) into the simulated wastewater. The bacteria werecultured for 48 hours at 25° C. and 200 rpm, and then centrifuged toobtain the bacteria cells, where the nanoparticles are distributed onthe cell surfaces and their surroundings. The centrifugation is at 4000rm, for 10 minutes.

(3) The bacteria cells containing nanoparticles obtained from stage (2)were washed twice with deionized water, at the rotation speed of 4000rpm for 15 minutes. Then, the washed bacteria cells are observed by aTEM.

(4) After treated, the bacteria cell containing the nanoparticlesobtained from stage (2) are observed for particle shape and size by anAFM.

Simulated High-Salinity Wastewater Formulation (1) (Low-PhosphorousWastewater): C₆H₁₂O₆.H₂O 1.5 g/L, CH₃COONa 0.75 g/L, MgSO₄.7H₂O 1.18g/L, NH₄Cl 0.9 g/L, KH₂PO₄.2H₂O 0.066 g/L (by P 10 mg/L), NaCl 30 g/L,dissolved in tap water.

Simulated High-Salinity Wastewater Formulation (2) (High-PhosphorousWastewater): C₆H₁₂O₆.H₂O 1.5 g/L, CH₃COONa 0.75 g/L, MgSO₄.7H₂O 1.18g/L, NH₄Cl 0.9 g/L, glycerol phosphate disodium salt, (C₃H₆NaO₇P, by P:50 mg/L), NaCl 30 g/L, CaCl₂(by Ca: 80 mg/L), dissolved in deionizedwater.

The images of prepared nanomaterial are shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10,respectively. FIG. 9 shows an image (AFM image) of the nanomaterialsynthesized from the strain CF8-6 with simulated high-salinitywastewater Formulation (1). FIG. 10 shows images of nanomaterialsynthesized from the strain CF8-6 with simulated high-salinitywastewater Formulation (2), wherein FIG. 10a shows an AFM image; FIG.10b and FIG. 10c show TEM images of nanoparticles; FIG. 10d , FIG. 10e ,and FIG. 10f show TME images of self-assembled nanoparticle;

In the nanomaterials of the present application, the calcium phosphatenanoparticle has a particle size ranging from 100˜200 nm.

2. Application of Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 in PreparingNano-Hydroxyapatite

The Psychrobacter aquimaris X3-1403 was activated in the LB culturemedium for 24 hours under the culturing condition of 200 rpm, 25° C.Then, {circle around (1)} 25 mL activated culture solution was taken byusing a pre-sterilized centrifugal tube in an aseptic operation table,and centrifuged at 10000 rpm for 10 min; {circle around (2)} thesupernatant was removed, and the bacteria was re-suspended with 10 mLsterilized deionized water, and centrifuged at 10000 rpm for 10 min;{circle around (3)} stage {circle around (2)} was repeated once. There-suspended bacterial solution was inoculated into the simulatedseawater toilet-flushing wastewater (with a formula coincident withtable 1) and the simulated domestic wastewater (with a formula identicalto table 2) (with an inoculation amount of 10%). After cultured for 48 hat 200 rpm at 25° C., the culture solution was centrifuged at 5000 rpmfor 10 min to remove the supernatant. The bacteria cells at the bottomof the centrifugal bottom were washed with deionized water to obtain thebacteria cells containing the nanomaterial. Part of the bacteria cellswas re-suspended and fixed to a copper net, which was stained andfinally dried for TEM observation.

The LB culture medium includes 1% peptone and 0.3% yeast, mixed withartificial seawater.

The electron microscope image of the self-flocculating bacteria cells inthe simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater is shown in FIG. 11.The electron microscope image of the bacteria cells that synthesize andself-assemble the nanomaterial in the simulated seawater toilet-flushingwastewater is shown in FIG. 12. Both FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 show that thenanoparticle materials assume a honeycomb shape and a compact structurewith uniformly distributed particle sizes at nanometer order; which areeasily manufactured into a laminar nanomaterial.

3. Application of the Strain Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 in PreparingNanomaterials

Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 was activated in the LB culture medium for24 hours under a culturing condition of 200 rpm, at 25° C. Then, {circlearound (1)} 25 mL activated culture solution was taken by using apre-sterilized centrifugal tube in an aseptic operation table andcentrifuged at 10000 rpm for 10 min; {circle around (2)} the supernatantwas removed, and the bacteria solution was re-suspended with 10 mLsterilized deionized water, and centrifuged at 10000 rpm for 10 min;{circle around (3)} stage {circle around (2)} was repeated once. There-suspended bacterial solution was inoculated into the simulatedseawater toilet-flushing wastewater (with a formula coincident withtable 1) and the simulated domestic wastewater (with a formulacoincident with table 2) (with an inoculation amount of 10%). Aftercultured for 48 h at 200 rpm at 25° C., the culture solution wascentrifuged at 5000 rpm for 10 min to remove the supernatant. Thebacteria cells at the bottom of the centrifugal bottom were washed withthe deionized water to obtain the bacteria cells containing thenanomaterial. Part of the bacteria cells was re-suspended and fixed tothe copper net, which was stained, and finally dried for TEMobservation.

The LB culture medium includes 1% peptone and 0.3% yeast, mixed withartificial seawater.

The electron microscope image of the self-flocculating bacteria cells inthe simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater is shown in FIG. 13.The TEM image of the bacteria cells that synthesize and self-assemblethe nanomaterial in the simulated seawater toilet-flushing wastewater isshown in FIG. 14. Both FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 show that the material has agood dispersion and a uniform particle size distribution.

4. Application of the Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS for Preparing aNanomaterial

(1) Application of the Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS for Preparing aSelf-Assembled Nanomaterial in a Low-Salinity Wastewater

Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS was inoculated at 0.9% (v/v) in a liquid LBculture medium and cultured in a thermostatic shaker at 25° C. and 200rpm for 20 h to obtaini enriched bacterial cells.

The enriched bacteria suspension solution was inoculated at 10% (v/v)into the low-salinity wastewater. And the wastewater was cultured in athermostatic shaker for 48 h at 25° C. and 200 rpm to obtain a bacteriasuspension solution containing cadmium-phosphorous-sulfur nanoparticles.

The bacteria suspension solution containing cadmium-phosphorous-sulfurnanoparticles was centrifuged and washed with deionized water to obtainthe nanomaterial. The centrifuging speed was 3000 rpm to prevent washingoff the particles on the bacteria cell surfaces.

Components of the liquid LB culture medium are provided below:

Peptone 10 g/L, yeast extract 3 g/L, mixed with artificial seawater,where the seawater salinity is 3.5%.

Components of the low-salinity wastewater are provided below:

D-Glucose monohydrate 5.06 g/L, NaAC 1.5 g/L, NaCl 3.5 g/L, NH₄Cl 2.6g/L, MgSO₄.7H₂O 2.4 g/L, wherein the total cadmium content(Cd(NO₃)₂.4H₂O) and total phosphorous content (K₂HPO₄) are 8 mg/L and 9mg/L, respectively; the initial pH is 7.2 and the salinity is 0.35%. Tosimulate the low-salinity wastewater environment, the cadmiumconcentration and phosphorous concentration refer to theirconcentrations in general industrial cadmium-contained wastewater, whichdoes not suffice to form inorganic chemical cadmium precipitations withthis pH and ion concentrations. Therefore, this environment belongs to acadmium-phosphorous μM-order unsaturated low-salinity environment.

To further characterize the bacteria cells and the formed nanoparticles,the cultured bacteria cells after removal of phosphorous and cadmium areobserved with an atomic force microscope (AFM) and a scanning electronmicroscope (SEM). The observation result of the AFM is shown in A ofFIG. 15, where nanoparticle substances with diameters ranging from 25 to100 nm are uniformly aggregated on the bacteria cell surfaces andscattered around. In the figure, some bacteria cells have flagella,while some do not, which are cast off during culture or samplepre-treatment.

During the pre-treatment process of the bacteria cells for the SEM, thecentrifugal speed for washing with a phosphate buffer is 3000 rpm toavoid washing off the particles on the bacteria cell surfaces, while thecentrifugal speed for other processes is 6000 rpm. The results are shownin FIGS. 15 B, C, and D. In FIG. 15 B, smaller particles with diametersranging from 25 to 60 nm are aggregated into a uniform sphere with adiameter of 100 nm, which is attached to the bacteria cell surfaces. InFIG. 15 C, smaller particles are aggregated on fibers ofexopolysaccharide. In FIG. 15 D, smaller particles are agglomeratedbetween bacterial cells. This indicates that the nanoparticlessynthesized by the bacteria have three different morphologies: smallparticles with diameters ranging from 25 nm to 60 nm uniformly dispersedon bacteria cell surfaces, small particle spherical aggregations with adiameter of 100 nm attached onto the bacteria cell surfaces, and theaggregates being cast off from the bacteria and agglomerated andattached on exopolysaccharide fibers between the bacteria cells.Meanwhile, EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectrometer) analysis of the pointlocations in the figures shows that the particles mainly contain C, O,Cd, P, and S elements. The nanoparticles are cadmium-phosphorous-sulfurnanoparticles mixed with polysaccharide, where Na refers to theprecipitated of dissolvable ion and Al refers to a sample stage element,neither of which are elements in the nanoparticles.

Therefore, the bacteria realized simultaneous removal of phosphorous andcadmium in low-salinity wastewater with unsaturated phosphorous andcadmium concentrations, and three morphologies ofcadmium-phosphorous-sulfur nanoparticle mixed with polysaccharide (witha diameter ranging from 25˜60 nm) are extracellularly formed.

(2) Application of the Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS for Preparing aNanomaterial in High-Salinity Wastewater

Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS was inoculated at 0.9% (v/v) in a liquid LBculture medium, and cultured in a thermostatic shaker at 25° C. and 200rpm for 20 h to obtain enriched bacterial cells.

The enriched bacteria cells were centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 min toremove the supernatant. The bacteria were re-suspended to the originalvolume with high-salinity wastewater, to obtain the bacteria cellswashed once.

The washed bacteria suspension solution was inoculated with 0.2% (v/v)into three groups of high-salinity wastewater. The wastewater wascultured in a thermostatic shaker for 48 h at 25° c. and 200 rpm toobtain a bacteria suspension solution containingcadmium-phosphorous-sulfur nanoparticles.

The bacteria suspension solution containing cadmium-phosphorous-sulfurnanoparticles was washed with deionized water at a centrifuging speed of3000 rpm to prevent washing off the particles on the bacteria cellsurfaces, thereby obtaining the nanomaterial.

Preferably of the present application, components of the liquid LBculture medium are provided below:

Peptone 10 g/L, yeast extract 3 g/L, mixed with artificial seawater,where the seawater salinity is 3.5%.

Components of the High-Salinity Wastewater are Provided Below:

NaAC 0.82 g/L, NH₄Cl 0.11 g/L, sea salt 33.33 g/L, initial pH 7.2,salinity 3.5%. The three groups of synthesized seawater differ in totalcadmium (Cd(NO₃)₂.4H₂O) concentration and total phosphorousconcentration (K₂HPO₄), which are 0.1756×10⁻³ mg/L and 0.1548 mg/L forgroup A, 5.671×10⁻³ mg/L and 5 mg/L for group B, and 10.21×10⁻³ mg/L and9 mg/L for group C. To simulate the high-salinity wastewaterenvironment, the cadmium concentration and phosphorous concentrationrefer to their concentrations in seawater, which belongs to a cadmiumnM-order unsaturated high-salinity environment.

Among the three groups of wastewaters, changes of the total phosphorousconcentration in the supernatant are measured by using the ammoniummolybdate spectrophotometric process; the results are shown in FIG. 16.In a high-salinity environment, this strain has a 46.24% removal ratefor 9 mg/L phosphorous and a 72.48% removal rate for 5 mg/L phosphorous.

To further characterize the bacteria cells and the formed nanoparticles,the bacteria cells are observed with the AFM and the SEM. The results ofAFM are shown in 17A, where nanoparticle with the diameters under 10 nmare uniformly dispersed on the bacteria cell surfaces. In thesynthesized seawater, the concentrations of the phosphorous and cadmiumare at nM-order. And a lower cadmium concentration causes a smallerparticle size of the nanoparticles. Additionally, in this test, thebacteria cells have no flagella, which might be unnoticeable due torupture.

The result of SEM is shown in FIG. 17 B. Spherical particles with adiameter of 10 nm are existent between bacteria cells, which areattached to the fiber-shaped exopolysaccharide. Meanwhile, EDS (EnergyDispersive Spectrometer) (FIG. 17 C) analysis of the point locations inthe figures shows that the particles also mainly contain C, O, Cd, P,and S elements.

Therefore, Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS also formcadmium-phosphorous-sulfur nanoparticles mixed with polysaccharide (witha diameter of 10 nm) extracellularly in the high-salinity wastewaterwith unsaturated phosphorous and cadmium concentrations.

What have been described above are only preferred embodiments of thepresent application, not for limiting the present application; to thoseskilled in the art, the present application may have various alterationsand changes. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, andimprovements within the spirit and principle of the present applicationshould be included within the protection scope of the presentapplication.

1. A class of aerobic efficient-phosphorus-removal bacteria that enableto biologically self-assemble and synthesize nanoparticles whilewastewater treatment, include Shewanella sp. CF8-6, Psychrobacteraquimaris X3-1403, and Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411, among which: theShewanella sp. CF8-6 was collected in China Center for Type CultureCollection on Mar. 29, 2016 at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City, with acollection number of CCTCC M 2016154; the Psychrobacter aquimarisX3-1403 was collected in China Center for Type Culture Collection onMar. 29, 2016 at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City, with a collectionnumber of CCTCC M 2016155; and the Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411 wascollected in China Center for Type Culture Collection on Mar. 29, 2016at Luojiashan, Wuchang, Wuhan City, with a collection number of CCTCC M2016156.
 2. A microbial agent with an active ingredient selected from atleast one bacterium (Shewanella sp. CF8-6, Psychrobacter aquimarisX3-1403, and Erythrobacter citreus X3-1411) in claim
 1. 3. The microbialagent in claim 2 may include a solid of liquid carrier.
 4. The microbialagent according to claim 2, wherein the active ingredient is thecultured living cell, a fermentation broth of the living cell, afiltrate of a cell culture, or a mixture of cell and filtrate.
 5. Themicrobial agent according to claim 2, wherein a dosage form of themicrobial agent is liquor, suspension concentrate, powder, granules,wettable powder, or water dispersible granules.
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 11. Aself-assembled biological nanomaterial, which is synthesized by a strainaccording to claim 1 or Pseudoalteromonas sp. DSBS with a collectionnumber of CCTCC M2013652 in phosphorous-containing wastewater andprepared through self-assembly.
 12. The self-assembled biologicalnanomaterial in claim 11, wherein a concentration of phosphorous in thephosphorous-contained wastewater is 0.3 mM˜1.3 mM.
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